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PHOTOS: House Republican retreat

“I think we will pick up seats,” Walden said. “In a good night in a good year, which I think this will be, we will pick up seats. I’m not going to project is that six or 30, others will do that, the long and the short of it is the field is narrower, the intensity will be higher and where you’re vulnerable is where you have your members in the other party’s seats and the other party is not doing real well.”

Republicans currently have a 33 seat majority in the House.

Walden’s pronouncement comes on the same day veteran Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman (Calif.) announced his retirement. Waxman is a close ally of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who would like to recapture the speakership.

Democrats do have a cash advantage, and announced that it raised $75.8 million in 2013. Walden acknowledged that but said Republicans were in a strong cash position at the end of a non-election year.